Q 01/05

Which number president of the United States was James Monroe?

A) 5th

B) 8th

C) 6th

D) 7th

Answer · why

A) 5th

Monroe followed Madison and was the last of the so-called Virginia dynasty of presidents.

Q 02/05

Monroe's presidency coincided with which famously named political period?

A) Age of Jackson

B) Reconstruction

C) Era of Good Feelings

D) Gilded Age

Answer · why

C) Era of Good Feelings

The phrase was coined around his 1817 inauguration, the first to come during general peace and economic stability.

Q 03/05

Which political party did Monroe belong to?

A) National Republican

B) Democratic-Republican

C) Anti-Masonic Party

D) Federalist Party

Answer · why

B) Democratic-Republican

He became one of the fledgling party's leaders in the Senate in the early 1790s.

Q 04/05

Monroe studied law from 1780 to 1783 under which future president?

A) Andrew Jackson

B) George Washington

C) John Adams

D) Thomas Jefferson

Answer · why

D) Thomas Jefferson

Jefferson opened his library to his protégé, where the works of Epictetus made a lasting impression.

Q 05/05

Monrovia, a national capital named after Monroe, is the capital of which country?

A) Sierra Leone

B) Ghana

C) The Gambia

D) Liberia

Answer · why

D) Liberia

It is the only national capital besides Washington, D.C. named after a U.S. president.